Title: in air or in water, still I am thereFandom: Young WizardsLength: 610 wordsPrompt: comment_fic: Young Wizards, Nita/Kit, their child doesn't return from his/her ordealPairing: Kit/NitaOther: Themes of death, nothing explicit.

Excerpt: "She would have loved it up here," Nita said, and her voice broke.

Title: old enough to die indeed Fandom: Young WizardsLength: 581 wordsPrompt: comment_fic: Young Wizards, Nita/Kit, their child is on ordeal and they have a talk with Tom and CarlPairing: Kit/Nita and Tom/CarlOther: Future fic.

Excerpt: Carl sits down across from her and Kit. There is a sympathetic look in his eyes and Nita recognizes it. She's seen him use it plenty of times in his capacity as a Senior. He's told her that she's volunteered to die, as the Silent One, and he's told her that Dairine might not come back, and so many other dreadful things. He's always sincere when he wears that look, but Nita does not want to see it right now.

Title: Perfect StormFandom: Young WizardsLength: 158 wordsPrompt: writing_game: Wind in the Wires and Afraid +2Pairing: Dairine genOther: mentions of character deathExcerpt: "I'm afraid," she told the tree, listening to the wind whip through its branches and across the telephone wires.

Title: EscapeFandom: Young WizardsLength: 141 wordsPrompt: writing_game: Player's choice: gaol +1 steady +3 Pairing: Kit and OC genOther: Kit/Nita impliedExcerpt: "I don't understand how you can be so calm about this. They said they're going to execute us in the morning."

Title: SnakeFandom: Young WizardsLength: 200 wordsPrompt: writing_game: Adder and The Child Catcher +2 Pairing: Nita and OC gen; Kit/Nita impliedOther: mentions of character deathExcerpt: The time that the snake took her daughter, the child was four years old.

Title: RestFandom: Young WizardsLength: 157 wordsPrompt: writing_game: B Character: Battle-weary +2 Pairing: Nita and Kit genOther: character deathExcerpt: A wizard does not lie, and when Kit asks Nita if she is tired, she nods.

Title: So You Want to BeLength: 2119 wordsPrompt: Yuletide 2008: Dairine Callahan for astrophelstellaPairing: Dairine/Roshaun implied; mostly Dairine genOther: dark; main character deathExcerpt: Dairine had been working as the children's librarian at the New York Public Library for seven years when Roshaun walked through the door.

Excerpt: It was this mindset that propelled Nita Callahan to Kit's doorstep on the first day of their last summer before college. She was wearing bright white cargo shorts and carrying the Manual under her arm, and she got all the way to the door before she remembered: Kit wasn't here.

Comm: myriadwords ficathonWords: 2290Title: The SunFandom: Young WizardsPairing: Kit/Nita married, Roshaun/Dairine impliedRating: G, mentions of character deathSpoilers: For "Wizards At War"Disclaimer: The Young Wizards series belongs to Diane Duane. This fanfic is a derivative of canon material that is not my property. I do not profit from these writings. The opinions and actions expressed in these stories are not necessarily the views and beliefs of the original author or me.Note: This fic seems to end sort of abruptly, but that's intentional. It's meant to be a little vignette in the characters' lives (it just got a little bigger than I anticipated).

Written for Kara for the myriadwords ficathon; prompt: "holidays at the Callahans/Rodriguezes, sometime in the future."

Excerpt: It had been better than fifteen years since Dairine had seen Roshaun. In fact, she had just celebrated her twenty-ninth birthday not long before. It was somewhat still discomfiting to see the age difference in the appearance of the Sun King on the doorstep.

Comm: myriadwords ficathonWords: 1593Title: Mid-LifeFandom: Young WizardsPairing: Kit/Nita marriedRating: G, mentions of character deathDisclaimer: The Young Wizards series and the Feline Wizards series belongs to Diane Duane. This fanfic is a derivative of canon material that is not my property. I do not profit from these writings. The opinions and actions expressed in these stories are not necessarily the views and beliefs of the original author or me.Note: Assumes passing familiarity with the Feline Wizards 'verse. I figured since my recipient requested them, she'd probably read the books, but it's nothing really plotty.

Written for deifire for the myriadwords ficathon; prompt: "The cats are in trouble again." AND "Nita and Kit as no-longer-young wizards."

Excerpt: "There's a million things out there alive! The stars are singing to the dawn and the grass is waking and the trees are planning their day. How long has it been, Nita, since we've done something to help them?"